Royal Mail is raising the price of a first-class stamp by an inflation-busting 9p to 85p. That means prices will have jumped by 21% since March. As a result, a first-class stamp will cost more than double what it did in 2010. The increase will take effect on 1 January, when the price of a…
Lastminute.com, the flight and hotel booking site, has agreed to pay £7m in refunds to more than 9,000 customers whose holidays were cancelled because of coronavirus. After an investigation by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), lastminute.com has given undertakings that it will pay refunds as soon as possible, and by 31 January at the…
One of the many changes lockdown has wrought in me is that I’ve grown to dislike spending money. Previously, I was pretty free with it. I managed to keep my head above water, my account in the black, but not by much. I would happily buy takeaway coffees for £2.80, Pret lunches for close to…
UK house prices have risen at their fastest rate in almost six years, with properties in national parks attracting a higher premium, according to Britain’s biggest building society. The average price of a home rose 0.9% to £229,721 in November from October, taking the annual growth rate to 6.5% from 5.8% – the highest since…
Millions of UK savers are currently on the hunt for a better deal, but the bad news is that savings rates are in turmoil. The government-backed NS&I is seeing an exodus of savers after cutting returns last week – prompting a domino effect among other providers. Financial data website Moneyfacts.co.uk said that over the past…
My son is a first-year university student in Scotland, living in a hall of residence. Considering the Covid-related national emergency and the advice to avoid unnecessary travel, I started buying him a weekly online shop from Sainsbury’s at the start of the new term. Everything was fine until two days ago. The driver from Sainsbury’s…
